Charging or feeding device.



PATENTED APR. 24, 1906.

W. H. BLAUVELT.

CHARGING 0R FEEDING DEVICE.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT.26.1905.

3 SHBETSSHEBT 1.

No. 818,862. PATENTED APR. 24, 1906. W. H. BLAUVELT.

CHARGING OR FEEDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26. 1905.

s SHEETS-SHEET 2.

PATENTED APR. 24, 1906.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26,1905.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

WM Mb WILLIAM H. BLAUVELT, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

CHARGlNG OR FEEDING DEVI CE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 24, 1906.

Application filed September 26, 1905, Serial No. 280,146.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. BLAU- VELT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Charging or Feeding Device, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in charging or feeding devices.

My object is to provide improved means for delivering material from a source of sup ply to a desired point or series of points in required quantity or quantities.

My invention also comprises means for delivering material operating over a required range of space or into a receptacle having a considerable longitudinal extension, so that the material will be delivered evenly throughout said extension.

My invention comprises means for adjustment whereby the amount of material to be delivered may be varied at will.

/Vhile my improved means may be adapted to a number of various uses, one special adaptation, which I select for purposes of illustration, is the delivering of finely-ground coal into a box where the same is tamped into a self-sustaining cake.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of my device shown in connection with cake-forming mechanism. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the deflectors and car for carrying the same. Fig. 4 is an'enlarged plan view of the deflector. Fig. 5 is a detail in elevation of the gear mechanism. Fig. 6 is a detail in elevation of the same gear mechism viewed transversely.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the concrete example shown in the drawings l represents a bin for a su ply of ground coal, having an opening 2 at the bottom of said bin which extends substantially along its entire front. This bin has an inclined wall 3 extending from the rear wall 4 to near the front portion of the bin for insuring the delivery of the material to the deflector 5. The portion of the bin-bottom 6 which is traversed by the deflector 5 is horizontal to conform to the horizontal extension of said deflector. This horizontal portion extends sufficien'tly beyond the front of the bin to support t e material at its angle of rest or natural slope. Beyond the front extension of this bottom 6 is the inclined extension 7 fpr delivering the coal to the box or receptac e 8.

The deflector 5 is carried by the bracket 9, which is secured to the car 10, mounted on wheels 11, which travel on the tracks 12. This car 10 should preferably have a travel suflicient to carr the deflectors along the entire extension 0 the opening 2 of the binthat is, so that each deflector may travel to one end of said opening 2. The car 10 is o erated by an electric motor 13, driving t e shaft 19 through gears 31 and 32. The shaft 19 is operatively connected alternately with one or the other pairs of wheels 11 through the oppositely-acting skew-gears 14 or 15, respectively, by the clutches 16 and 17. These clutches are controlled by the reciprocating rod 33, operated by the hand-lever 18, so that either gears 14 or 15 may be brought into 0 erative relationshi with the motor by shi ting the rod 33. T 16 rod 33 is adapted to extend beyond the car 10 at either end to engage with suitablylocated stops 21, one only being shown in Fig. 1. The movement of rod 33, due to its engagement with either of stops 21, serves to automatically reverse the clutch relationshi and conse uently reverse the direction of operation of t e car, so that said car will be automatically reciprocated from one end of the track to the other or within any required range of movement on said track.

I have also shown aso erated by the same motor the tampers 22. 0th being alike in construction and operation, one only need be described. The tamper is mounted on a vertically-reci rocatin rod 23, which is properly guide in the fiamework of the car and is provided with a rack 24 for cooperating with the sector-gear 25, driven by the motordriven shaft 19 through gears 26 and 27. The grooved wheel 28 is provided as a sup port or uide for said rod 23 approximate the point of enga ement with sector-gear 25. It will be seen thatby the rotation of sectorgear 25 in the direction of the arrow shown n Fig. 2 the rod 23 will be elevated during its enga ement with said sector-gear, while during the balance of the travel of the sectorgear the rod will bepermitted to fall and will] then be again engaged, thereby causing the reel rocatlonof the tamper 22.

he operative engagement between the shaft 19 and gear 26 is secured by the clutch 29, operated by the'hand-lever 30.

The construction of the deflector 5 is best shown in Figs. 2 and 4. This deflector preferably comprises two blades 34 and 35, pivoted together by the pin 36, which is secured to bracket 9. Throu h the apertured extensions 40 and 41 of lades 34 and 35 extend the eyebolts 38 and 39, which are pivotally secured to the pin 37, which is secured to bracket 9. It will thus be seen that the desired angular adjustment of blades 34 and 35 is secured by maintaining the apertured extensions 40 and 41 in the required positions on eyebolts 38 and 39 by the adjusting-nuts 42. It will thus be seen that by the reciprocation of the deflector 5 in either direction along the bin the blade 34 or blade 35, as the case may be, will present a face inclined to its lines of travel, so as to work the material through the opening 2 of bin 1-.

Over the deflector-blades 34 and 35 is secured the cover-plate 43 to prevent the material from working in between the two deflector-blades, and thereby becoming jammed. The cover plate or shield 43 is secured to and supported by the bracket 9.

It is also to be noted that a member or curtain 45 is adapted to be elevated or lowered to alter the dimensions of opening 2.

The operation of my device is as follows:

The receptacle 8 is suitably placed to receive the material as it falls from the inclined portion 7 of the bin. The car is so mounted on stationary tracks as to hold the tampers 22 directly over the box, so that said tampers may readily be reciprocated in and out of the same. The tampers are located each at approximately the apex of a sector-shaped deflector formed by the two blades 34 and 35, so that when thecar is moved in either direction the inclined face of the deflector sweeping the bottom of the bin 1 discharges the coal into the box directly in front of the tamper, so that as the car is reciprocated backward and forward in front of the bin and over the box the said box is being evenly filled from end to end, the material at the same time being tamped or rammed down almost immediately as it flows into the box.

The discharge of coal into the box may be varied to suit the capacity of the tampers or for any other reason by varying the angular" position of the deflectors 34 and 35. A further adjustment of the amount of feed per reciprocation of the deflector is secured by the movement of the curtain 45 to enlarge or diminish the size of opening 2.

What I claim is 1. The combination of a container, having a longitudinal opening along the lower portion of one side and means connected therewith for maintaining material at natural slope, a deflector projecting into said 0 ening ,having its deflecting-face inclinedto t e line of its travel, and means for moving said deflector.

2. The combination of a bin provided with i a horizontal opening along the lower portion of one side, a deflector projecting into said opening, and means for reciprocating said deflector in directions parallelwith the bin.

3. The combination of a bin provided with an opening along the lower portion of one side, a deflector having a deflecting-face at an angle with the lines 0 its travel, said deflector projecting into the bin through said opening, means for supporting the deflector and means for moving the supporting means in directions parallel with the bin.

4. The combination of a bin provided with a horizontal o ening extending along the lower portion of one side, a deflector projecting into said opening, having oppositely-disosed deflecting-faces inclined to the lines of its travel, and means for moving said deflector in directions parallel with the bin.-

5. The combination of a bin provided with a horizontal opening extending along the lower portion of one side, a deflector projecting into said opening, having oppositely-disposed deflecting-faces inclined to the lines of .its travel, a cover-plate positioned above said deflector, and means for moving said deflector and cover-plate in directions parallel with the bin.

6. The combination of a bin having a horizontal o ening along the lower portion of one side, a eflector projecting into said opening having its deflecting-face inclined to the lines of its travel, means for changing the inclination of said deflecting-face, and means for moving said deflector in a direction parallel with the bin.

7. The combination of a bin having a horizontal opening along the lower portion of one side, a deflector projecting into said opening having oppositelydisposed deflecting-faces inclined to the lines of its travel, means for changing the inclination of said deflectingfaces, and means for moving said deflector in directions parallel to the bin.

8. The combinationof a bin having a hori zontal opening along the lower portion ofone changing the inclination of said deflectingfaces, and means for moving said deflector and cover-plate in directions parallel to the bin.

9. The combination of a bin having an opening extending along the lower portion of one side, a deflector rojecting into said opening having opposite y-disposed deflecting-faces inclined to the lines of its travel, means for supporting said deflector, means for moving the supporting means in opposite directions parallel with the bin, and automatic means or reversing the direction of travel of said supporting means.

10. The combination of a bin havingahoripositioned above said deflector, means forzontal opening along the lower portion of one side, a deflector projecting into said opening having its deflecting-face inclined to its line of travel, tamping means positioned approximate the point of discharge of the deflector, and means for moving said deflector and {)amping means in directions parallel with the 11. The combination of a bin having a horizontal opening along the lower portion of one side, adjustable means for varying the extent of said opening, a deflector projecting into said opening having its deflecting-face inclined to its line of travel, and means for moving the deflectorin opposite directions parallel with the bin.

12. Thecombination of a bin having a horizontal opening along the lower portion of one side, and having a bottom partly inclined and partly horizontal, a deflector projecting into said opening and over said horizontal ortion, said deflector having its deflectingace inclined to its line of travel, and means for mov-' ing the deflector in opposite directions parallel with the bin.

13. The combination of a bin havinga horizontal opening along the lower portion of one side, a deflector projecting into said opening, having its deflecting-face inclined to its line of travel, a car for supporting said deflector, a motor for operating the car, and means for reversing the direction of movement of the car.

14. The combination of a bin havinga horizontal o ening along the lower portion of one side, a eflector projecting into said opening having its deflecting-face inclined to its line of travel, means for moving the deflector in opposite directions parallel with the bin, said moving means comprising a wheel-supported car, a motor oppositely-acting gear mechanism connected with diflerent wheels of the car, and clutch mechanism for establishing operative relationship between said motor and each of said gear mechanisms alternately.

side,a deflector projecting into said 0 ening 4 having its deflecting-face inclined to its line of travel, and means for moving the deflector in opposite directions parallel with the bin, said moving means comprisin a wheel-supported car, a motor, opposite y-acting gear mechanism related with different wheels, clutch mechanism for establishing operative relationship between themotor and each of said gear mechanisms alternately, and automatic. means for operating the clutch mechanism. a

16. The combination of a bin having a horizontal o ening along the lower portion of one side, a eflector projecting into said opening having its deflecting-face inclined to its line of travel, means for moving the deflector in opposite directions parallel with the bin, said moving means comprising a wheel-supported car, a motor, oppositely-acting gear mechanisms for different car-wheels, manually-operative clutch mechanism for establishing operative relationship between said motor and said gear mechanisms respectively.

1 7. The combination of a bin having a horizontal o ening along the lower portion of one side, a eflector projecting into said opening having its deflecting-face inclined to its line of travel, areceptacle for receiving the deflected material, tamping means for operating upon the material in the receptacle, the relation between the deflecting means and the tamping means being such that the material is delivered into the receptacle just in advance of the o eration thereon by the tamping means, an means for moving said deflector and tamping means in directions parallel with the bin.

WILLIAM H. BLAUVELT. Witnesses:

M. D. WHITFORD, E. A. HAWE. 

